Love is the greatest risk of all.

This collection of short stories and novellas features tales in a variety of genres, including ghost, detective, rom-com, fantasy, spy, historical fiction and time travel. They share one common element?love. Romance is not the main driver in most but it is an undeniable heartbeat beneath them all. For most stories are more interesting with a little love thrown in, don't you think?

Paulene Turner is an Australian writer of short stories, short plays and novels. A former journalist, she is the author of the 6-book YA time travel series, The Time Travel Chronicles. She lives in Sydney.